Cosentino: 1st N. American Center
ANAHEIM, Calif. – A crowd of more than 280 architects, designers, fabricators and industry leaders turned out Sept. 15 for the opening here of the first Cosentino Center in North America.
Author: Administrator
Spall: Get A Charge Out Of …
Boy, what a hotel that was. They stole my towel. – Rodney Dangerfield
Tucker Awards 2010
CHESTERTOWN, N.Y. – A chapel, a Federal Reserve Bank building and three residences are among the winners of the Tucker Design Awards for 2010 from the Building Stone Institute (BSI).
JobSight: Target Field, Minneapolis
By K. Schipper
MINNEAPOLIS – There was no place like home – until this year – for the Minnesota Twins.
Pacific Marble and Granite, Middletown, Conn.
By K. Schipper
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – Carmelo Bramato has always been lucky in business.
Sustainable Slab Showcase
CAESARSTONE USA
Van Nuys, Calif.
CaesarStone®
Recycled Collection
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CaesarStone® offers four colors to its Recycled Collection of slab materials made from pre-and post-consumer waste. With Carbone, Starry Night, Marrone and Spring Blossom, the pre-consumer materials include recycled CaesarStone remnants; the manufacturing process utilizes 97 percent recycled water, and systems are in place to collect dust from the production, processing, handling and shipping. The company holds ISO14001 Environment Management Systems certification, and all CaesarStone products are in accordance with International NSF standards. The Recycled Collection is available in 2cm and 3 cm slabs of 56 ½” X 120”. They include a limited lifetime warranty for residential use, and a 10-year warranty in commercial applications.
Contact: CaesarStone USA, 877-9-Quartz (877-978-2789)
Avoiding the Bad Customer
Residential installations, by their very nature, can be a technical challenge. Work in stone countertops long enough, and you’ll run into a house that tests your ability to template and install – and your patience with the owner.
In Search of Perfection
By Tom McNall
What’s the price of perfection? How can one attain it, and where can this holy grail of an ideal be found for wholesale?
Becker’s Blog #10: Floor It!
Editor’s note: Joe Becker continues his report on the natural-stone segment of the St. Joseph Cathedral restoration in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Have you ever been driving out in the country, with your mind kind of wandering, and … you blink and miss a small town? I use to live near one of those places: Padua, Minn.
Miles Gets Pellegrini, Burkhardt
BARRE, Vt. – Miles Supply Co. announced exclusive North American distribution partnerships earlier this month with two well-known European manufacturers: Pellegrini Meccanica SpA and Burkhardt GmbH.